Public Sector

Construction and Infrastructure – Red-flags and Tools

The construction and infrastructure sectors regularly appear in fraud/ corruption/ misconduct investigations undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office, the NZ Police, professional tribunals and recently the Commerce Commission.

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Good Governance for a Blue Pacific 2050

Pacific Chapters of TI have joined their voices to call for good governance, improved electoral integrity and stronger efforts across the Pacific to prevent corruption.

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Safeguarding Our Pacific: Closing Our Environmental Governance Series

Our final talanoa in the Pacific Environmental Governance Series — Safeguarding Our Pacific: Tackling Corruption and Protecting Communities — was an honest and powerful conversation about corruption, courage, and community.

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TI Australia Turns 30

Congratulations to the Board, staff and supporters of TI Australia (TIA) which celebrated TIA’s 30th anniversary in Melbourne in late August

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UN Human Rights Experts Issue First-Ever Call to UNCAC States Parties

In a significant first, a group of United Nations human rights experts - Special Mandate Holders - have issued a joint call urging governments to strengthen transparency and civil society participation in the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption.

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Putting Responsible Business Conduct into Practice – Insights from the OECD Guidelines

How can businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand grow responsibly while managing risks to people, planet and society? Find out more at the MBIE Webinar on 29 September 2025 at 2:00pm

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Hattie Compton-Moen wins 2025 TINZ Dame Suzanne Snively Scholarship

The 2025 scholarship will help Hattie with her research on tension between corporate disobedience being used as a principled tool for societal change or simply as another vessel for corporate profit-making and influence.

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Trusting the Machine: AI’s Role in HR

AI promises efficiency in recruitment, but can it be fair? In New Zealand, organisations are beginning to experiment with AI in HR, raising urgent questions about transparency, accountability, and human oversight

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Electoral Amendment Bill Submission

TINZ is concerned that several of the proposed changes will disenfranchise citizens without reasonable justification. The legislation should also focus more on integrity, transparency and accountability in the election process. Read our submission.

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Let People Vote

Several of the government’s proposed changes to electoral law in the Electoral Amendment Bill will undermine the right to vote for some of our citizens

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Submissions

TINZ offered two submissions in August. We entered a submission to the Ministry of Justice regarding proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination and one on the Māori electoral option.

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Public Service Commission long-term insights briefings

Giving effect to the Public Service principles of open government and stewardship: An introduction to long-term insights briefings.

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Budgeting in a time of COVID: A crisis is not an excuse for lack of transparency

The International Budget Partnership conducted special research in 120 countries that shows government fiscal policy responses to the COVID crisis are undermining accountability and transparency. In New Zealand some good practices fell by the wayside.

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Incorporated Societies Bill Submission

TINZ has submitted on the Incorporated Societies Bill currently being considered by the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee. Good governance and integrity is as important in civil society organisations as it is in public and business sector.

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COVID-19 and the risks ahead: The only certainty is uncertainty

Maintaining integrity when the only certainty is uncertainty was the theme of the February 2021 Public Sector Leaders Integrity Forum.

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Government anti-corruption activities of interest in 2021

As the Government rolls up its sleeves for its 2021 workload, a number of initiatives are underway that demonstrate anti-corruption is an important agenda item. Transparency International New Zealand is keeping watch on these ongoing efforts.

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